Tea or coffee pot.



J. C. HOLLANDS.

TEA 0R VCOFFEE POT.

APPLIOATION FILED. MAY 19, 1910.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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JOHN C. HOLLANDS, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TEA OB COFFEE POT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application led. May 19, 1910. Serial No. 562,268.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOI-IN C. IIOLLANDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tea or Coffee Pots; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being.had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tea and coffee pots, and has forits object the construction of a tea or coee pot in which the containerin which the tea leaves or ground coffee is placed may be raised orlowered out of or into the liquid in the pot as may be desired.

In carrying out the objects of my invention I provide a container forthe tea leaves which is attached to a rod in such a manner that said rodcan pass downward through the bottom thereof, while the lower end ofsaid rod is provided with a head or other means to prevent it from beingwithdrawn out of the cover of said retainer. The upper end of said rodextends upward through the cover of the tea or codec pot where it isprovided with a knob to retain it from fall-- ing down into the tea pot,and the inner flange of the cover of the tea pot is provided with studsadapted to engage the retainer when it is lifted upward and retain thesame in an elevated position while the rod is permitted to again slidedownward therethrough to its normal position. 'Ihese and other featureswill be more fully explained hereinafter in the specification and claimsand illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a side view in elevation of my improved tea pot withportions thereof broken away showing the container in a raised positiontherein. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line ca -0c in Fig. 1,looking downward, portions thereof being broken away. Fig. 3 is avertical central section through the container. Fig. 4 is a plan view ofthe container cup with the cover thereof removed.

In these drawings, A, indicates the body of a tea or coffee pot, and B,indicates the cover thereof. The cover, B, is provided with a downwardlyextending cylindrical flange, B, which is provided with horizontal orradial studs, o, I); the top web of the cover, B, is preferablydome-shaped, and at the apex of the dome I secure a knob C, by means ofa sleeve, c. For receiving and retaining the tea leaves or groundcoffee, I construct a cup in which a centrally positioned tube orsleeve, D, springs upward from the bottom thereof, the upper end of saidsleeve being provided with peripheral screw-threads for the purposehereinafter set forth. The bottom of this container cup is provided withperforations d, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4l, or it may, with equally goodresults, be made of wire fabric. While I have only shown perforations inthe bottom of the container cup, D, it is apparent that saidperforations may be eX- tended up the sides of said cup, or that theentire cup portion could be constructed of wire fabric if desiredwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

I preferably provide perforations, cl', for the purpose of permitting acirculation of liquid upward in the sleeve, D, and through said holes,cl, onto the upper surface of the tea leaves in the cup thusfacilitating the steeping thereof.

The cover, E, of the container is preferably constructed dome-shaped toconform to the shape of the cover, B, of the tea pot, and is providedwith a radial flange, E, in which notches, c, are provided, which areadapted to receive the radial studs, b, o, and permit the same to passtherethrough, so that the radial fiange, E, may be brought intoengagement with the upper sides of said studs, b, b, as shown in Figs. land 2. rl`he cover, E, of the cup, D, is also provided on its undersurface with an internally screw-threaded thimble c', adapted to engagethe screw-threads on the upper end of the central tube, D', for thepurpose of securing the cover, E, upon the container cup,

D, -and centrali-.y-*ivithi'n this internally screw-threaded thnnble,c', through the cover, E, I provide an opening, E2, to receive v ajrod,F, the lowerendof which. rod,lF,; -iS

provided with a head f, or "other means "adapted to prevent the samefrompassing upward out ofthe opening, E2, inthe con- Vtainer cover, E. lheupper endof saidjrod, F,V extends upward through the sleeve, c,v 1nl theknob, C, on the top of the cover, B

where it isprovided with a knob, Gr., which.

iSrigidly securedthereto by means ofY a pin, g, passing therethrough. v

For the purpose of rotating the container I.V preferably make the rod,F', of'y squared material', or provide the same with other:meansadapted,A tgo preventv said rodi, F, from Y, rotating iin, theopening, E2, 1n the cover', E,

of thecup,y D, any ofwhich might readily Y occur, to the mindl ofmechanics skilled 'in the arts.` To limit the rotation lof the containerwhen 'thesame israised as ,shown by full lines'- in Fig. 1 Iprovdeon thelower sur- Y vented. from entering and passing through-l other notches,e', c, and thereby permitting the container to drop back intotheposition:v

- shownby brokenlines in Fig. 1-.` i 40 stuQlS,: 6,2, engage saidradialstuds, b, b, by vIlflealls;0f1'whicl'1,said studs b, vb, are pre-It will be observed from the foregoing description and from the drawingsthat while l A V-by means; of the lQd, F, the container is raised fromthe positionv thereof.' shown by broken li'nes in Fig. l to the positionthereofa shown byA full, lines in said figure, when it isl Ysecurelyrengaged by the studs, Z), Z2, the rod, 'F, will slide backdownward therethroughp and remain in its normal position as shown inlsaid ligure, until itis again raised upward.

It is further apparent that it is not necessary to rai'sethe rod,- F,upward whenit is deysired to lower the container, butl that the 'samemay be accomplished by turning the knobGr, sutliciently topermit thestuds, b,- b, to enter notches,1e, which will permit they containertoifall' by gravity to the position thereof shown by broken lines .inFig. 1.

Having Vthus f ully shown and' described the construction.and'operation` of Vmy inventionwhat. I desirejto rsecure byLetters-Patentof the `United States is:

A n kl. The combination in a tea-pot,'vof a body, a cover having acentral opening therein, inwardly projecting studs on said cover, alea-fcontainer 11a-ving a central opening therein, means on said leafcontainer for engaging said studs when raised, a rod cxtending downwardthrough the central opening in the cover slidablysecured in the centralopening in the leaf container whereby when. theleaf container is securedin araised plosition the rod will slide down theret irough, and means onthe upper-end of the rod to prevent the upper end thereof from passingdownward through the cover, substantially as set forth. v

2;. The combination in a tea-pot, of a body, a cover therefor, acentralknob thereon having an opening therethrough, a tealeaf container adaptedto pass down through the cover opening and having a vertical centralopening therein, a Yrodhaving a knob on lthe upper end thereof passingdown through 'the opening in the cover knob and into the central openingin the tea leaf container, means for securing said rod therein so thatit cannot be withdrawn upward but will movey downward` therethroughfreely when the vtea leafwcontainer is securedin a raised position, andmeans lfor securing the tea-leaf container in such raised position,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination ina tea pot ofa body, 'a cover therefor havmg Aanopening therethrough, a. leaf contalner comprlsmg a cuphavingperforations through the wall. thereof, a centrally positionedtube having screw threads on the upper r"end thereof, secured in saidcup, a-fcoverforl said cup having a central' internally serewthreadediopening therethrough engagingi'the screw threads on 'said tubeandretained ink position thereby and'having a central opening therethrough,

a notchedradial flange onl said container cover, a rod slidably securedin said' central opening in the container cover` so that it may movedownward through said tube, saidrod extending` upward to and' slidablysecured in the opening inthe teapot cover, and

means on said tea potcover to yengage the flange on said container coverwhen desired, substantially as set forth;

4. The combinatlon of a tea pot cover havling a central. opening'.tlierethrough, a tea Vleaf container comprising a perforated cuphaving a centrally located tube/ springing upward from the bottomthereof andlhaving screw threads on the upper end thereof, a containercover having a squared central opening therethrough, an internally screwthreaded thimble on the under side of said container cover concentricwith said squared opening engaging the threads on said tube,

a 'notched' radial i'ange on said' container cover, a squared rod headedat its lower end cover to limit the rotation thereof when passing upwardthrough said squared openraised, substantially as described. 10 ing andextending to and through the open- In testimony whereof I affix mysignature, ing in the teaJ pot cover, a knob secured on in presence oftwo witnesses.

the upper end of said rod, means on seid tea l JOHN C. HOLLANDS.

pot cover adapted to engage the radial flange Witnessem on saidcontainer cover and ret-ain the same H. M. STURGEON,

as desired7 and means on said container FLORENCE S'rooKER'r.

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